The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers)
| Jeepers Creepers character | |
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| File:Creeperheadshot.jpg | |
| The Creeper | |
| Race: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 6'0" (approximately) [citation needed] |
| Weight: | 160-185 lbs. [citation needed] |
| Sleep/Awaken | 23rd Springs - 23 Days |
| Location | Poho County, Florida |
| Death Toll | 300 confirmed dead [citation needed] |
| Main Song | "Jeepers Creepers" |
| Film(s) | Jeepers Creepers Jeepers Creepers II |
The Creeper is a demon, character and the main antagonist in the 2001 horror film Jeepers Creepers and its 2003 sequel Jeepers Creepers II. He is an ancient demon who feeds on human beings for twenty-three days every twenty-third Spring. In all but one of his appearances, he is played by Jonathan Breck.
Appearance
It is said that the Creeper is an ancient demon. To disguise his demonic features, the Creeper is always dressed in a long, tattered duster and face-concealing cowboy hat. In the first film he also wears heavy boots. In the sequel he appears barefoot, revealing slightly bird-like talons which are most likely used for picking up his victims. When unclothed, the Creeper is revealed to have very mottled green and brown skin. A pair of wing-like mandibles or skin flaps are located on each side of his face. These seem to belong to a sort of symbiotic animal that enslaves the human body parts of the Creeper, implying the actual 'creeper' is on its back. He also sports a huge pair of bat-like wings on his back, which fold up tightly enough that they are completely unnoticeable underneath his coat. He also has a very large left toe, and has hair between his head and the top of his neck. Lastly, the Creeper drives a forboding old truck with a license plate that reads BEATNGU (be eating you). When his own head is too damaged, he must devour another, when he does this, he gains similar facial characteristics of the person he gained his head from.
History
The creeper awakens the beginning of every 23rd Spring. Within this period, he has 23 days to eat. He is shown to only eat humans, although whether or not he eats other animals isn't revealed. The Creeper only consumes organs or organic material from a human for his own bidding. He then either uses the remaining body parts as tools for weapons or later nourishment for his survival. The Creeper uses an extravagantly sharp tool to easily puncture very thick tires on a school bus. It is not clear where the Creeper sleeps or hibernates during his 23 years of dormancy. In the first Jeepers Creepers, the Creeper has his own little "shack" of victims, shown at the end of the movie. This is assumed to be where he sleeps. Another theory is that the Creeper sleeps underground so that he is not found while asleep.
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Weapons
The Creeper employs a variety of weapons in his pursuit for food. Those seen in include a large, ancient looking battle axe, a collection of daggers, and throwing stars seemingly made from the bone and flesh of his victims or his old feet talons He also has a foreboding looking knife, found by Jack Taggart, Jr. On its handle there is a person that appears to be chained to a wall, screaming. On the other side, there is a screaming child in a cornfield and a demonic creature in flight. When Jack Taggart, Sr. sees this, the knife flies out of his hands and into a nearby wall, destroying a lamp. For some unknown reason this knife is possessed with the ability of finding organinc flesh or maybe just skin. It hit the wall going through the lamp shade due to its being made out of leather. Later on that same knife is placed as the tip of the harpoon that is used to hunt down the Creeper, after being impaled with it, the creeper removes the spear form his body and throws it back at the truck nearly impaleing Jack Jr. It's never said, but it is implied that it continued on is direct path whitout a change in course when Jack Jr. moves due to the spears making contack with the flice of his jacket (flice is backed by leather) The Creeper also drives a very large, grotesque looking delivery truck (sporting the license plate "B-E-A-T-N-G-U" [likely read as B-EATING-U]) which has been altered so that it can achieve speeds far greater than a vehicle of its size normally would. When he so desires, The Creeper is more than willing to utilize the truck as a battering ram.